From: Krasna, Bessarabia
20 January 1921

Worthy Editorship!

I want to inform Kosmos and Anna Kuntz in Petrel, North Dakota that I have received their greetings in Edition #48. All of their siblings are still healthy.

This is to inform Eugenius Ruehl [Riehl] in Brisbane, North Dakota that Johannes Soehn is married to Rufina, daughter of Jakob Gedak. Kaspar Gedak is married to Klara, daughter of Michael Habrich. All of them are still well and they send their greetings.

The following couples were married in December and January:

Jakob, son of Christ Moldenhauer and Angela, daughter of Franz Seifert;
Lorenz, son of Jakob Ternes and Anna, daughter of Simon Ziebart;
Widower Wendelin Hinz and Widow Susanna Mueller, nee Harsche;
Kilian, son of Peter Arnold and Widow Hedwig Plotzki, nee Trefs;
Erasmus, son of Johann Steinert and Salome, daughter of Karl Harsche;
Alexander Paul and Anna Haag;
Johannes, son of Mich. [Michael] Habrich and Ekaterina, daughter of Maximilian Hein

The following people passed away in December and January:

Anna Maria Bonjagofsky, nee Kunz at the age of 53 years. She leaves her saddened husband Anton and 2 unmarried children;
Johannes Boot, son of Friedrich died at the age of 61 years. He leaves his widow and 2 unmarried children;
Michael Nagel died at the age of 57 years and leaves his saddened widow Elisabeth and 1 unmarried child.

Peace to their ashes!

I am greeting all readers of this paper.

Anton Gedak

From: Krasna, Bessarabia
20 February 1921

Worthy Editorship!

I must write once again.

In Edition #52, I read the report from Mr. Johannes Mosser in Mount Green. He pays an enormous compliment to us Germans as if we had not taken part in this war. He stresses that the Russians were drafted into the war from age 21 to age 46 and that many of them returned as cripples.

That is very true, but does Mr. Mosser think that we Germans stayed home? No, we also were drafted, just like the Russians. The bullets also didn’t pass by the Germans in the Russian army. There was no difference. Many Germans were left in the battlefield and left behind small and unprovided for children. Many also came home sick or crippled and no one takes care of these men.

Here many people have Russian servants and I have never heard or seen that they are beaten or that something was deducted from their pay when something broke at work or otherwise went wrong.

And still Mr. Mosser believes this to be the reason for the Germans to be pursued. No the reason for that is a totally different one, but for now I will not mention it.

A heartfelt greeting to my brother-in-law Johannes Harsche near Seedley, Sask., Canada and also to the editorship and the readers of the paper.

Edmund Gansky

From: Prelate, Saskatchewan, Canada
1 March 1921

Worthy Staats-Anzeiger!

Today I am going to take a little time in order to report from here. It is often funny when you look at the paper and realize how many people exaggerate one thing or another. And it does not take very long for someone else to speak and say; “No that is not the way it is!” Whom should one believe then? The process then is much like the one in the song: “People will argue back and forth about the value of luck. One will call the other dumb, but in the end they all know nothing.”

But I will not pursue this matter any further, else the outcome for me could be just the way it was for Mr. Zachaeus Kopp at the writing by Mr. C. Haag in Edition #64. In my opinion however, Mr. Haag hit the nail right on the head.

Responding to Mr. Josepf Foeth’s question about Agatha Kuntz. I am informing him that she has married Mr. Wilhelm Gundermann. They live here near Prelate and they are doing fairly well. Agatha is my wife’s cousin, else most likely I would not have known her either. Her husband doesn’t read the Staats-Anzeiger so I am giving Mr. Foeth the following information. On 21 February, the gentlemen Simon Riehl and Nick Engel returned from Bessarabia. They had departed from there on 21 January. They did arrive here in good health and in one piece. A big crowd of people had gathered at the railroad station to welcome the travelers and to listen to news items from over there. The travelers talked about all kinds of good and bad things.

Mrs. Johannes Steuert [Steiert] is on the sick list. The daughter of M. Herle is improving. The 2-year old child of Kaspar Marthe has died here on 28 February. Also our friend the stork has visited our region again and left a baby boy for J. Abel and Fr. Tuchscherer. Congratulations!

In closing, I want to give the readers a little riddle. Whoever solves it and is first to contact me, will receive the Staats-Anzeiger for 1 year paid by me.

A man is working for $1 a day. Then another man arrives and works for $2 a day. The first man had worked for 6 days already when the second man started. How long will both men have to work until the second individual will have twice the amount of money the first man will have?

Respectfully,
Franz Fieger, Agent